Gratiot's Grove (Wisconsin)

Gratiot's Grove was a mining settlement and later, a frontier fort, during the Black Hawk War, in Michigan Territory (later Lafayette County, Wisconsin).[1][2]

History
The Gratiot House south of Shullsburg on Rennick Rd.

In 1824, Henry Gratiot settled in the area with his brother and set up a mining and smelting operation. Later during the Black Hawk War, the settlement became Fort Gratiot.[3][4] Today the Gratiot House still survives in what had been Gratiot's Grove.[5]

Notes
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  2. "404 Error: File Not Found - Wisconsin Historical Society". {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
  3. "404 Error: File Not Found - Wisconsin Historical Society". {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2009-06-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Gratiot House - Travel Wisconsin".

Further reading

42°32′16″N 90°14′30″W


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